Last lesson of the constitution topic recovering content and exam skills through pupil assessment of a sample exam question, discussion of assigned marks and how the exam answer can be improved.

A lesson introducing parliament.

A lesson examining the 6 sources of the UK constitution, including 10 mark exam pratice question to apply the knowledge in order to describe the sources of the UK constitution.

Lesson examining the use of the filibuster and to what extent the legislative process is difficult - using past exam question and a Virtual Learning Environment Task - but this can easily be adapted for paper within the lesson simply by printing copies of the articles pupils can share.

Lesson examining what life was like for women and children in Nazi Germany

Lesson examining the different types of democracy and sovreignty evident in the US political system with a design-a-constitution activity

Lesson examining the role and powers of the various congressional committees - used to develop skill of scanning large text for information (using Phillip Allan textbook) with teacher generated 'core notes' on roles and powers of the different types of committees and committee chairs.

Lesson examining the flexibility of the constitution - how and why has the constitution managed to survive? How flexible is it? Encouraging pupils to make a thorough assessment of how the constitution works in practice.

Lesson introducing the US Constitution

Lesson examining Lincoln's assassination linking Booth's motives to Lincoln's Emanciption Proclamation.

Lessons examining slavery from the American perspective

Lesson examining how Rome expanded from a city to an empire while re-affirming skills of chronology.

Lesson introducing the Holocaust

Lesson examining life for Native Americans after the Battle of Little Bighorn...examining on the American government tried to change the Native American way of life on reservations and the emergence of the Ghost Dance, in addition to the lead up to Wounded Knee and a series of lessons examining whether Wounded Knee was a battle or a massacre.

Lesson examining how Native American culture is different from European culture

Lesson examining different aspects of the Roman Army and why it was such an effective fighting machine.

Lesson examining life in Nazi Germany for young people examining both boys and girls and the types of activities they would complete. Pupils can be challenged to hyptothesise about what this might mean in the future e.g. what age would these people be by the time WW2 breaks out?

Lesson examining the pros and cons of appeasing Hitler, encouraging pupil debate.

Lesson introducing pupils to the idea of the Weimar Republic and the circumstances out of which it emerged at the end of WW1.

Lesson examining Roman food - I prepared the food on the Roman recipe sheet for pupils to try with some hilarious results!